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‘File 7/21 Hospital facilities for R.A.F. at Bahrain’ [‎28r] (55/84)

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The record is made up of 1 file (41 folios). It was created in 2 May 1942-10 Apr 1946. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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No. -53^/0 of 1364 r
Office of the Adviser to v V
the Government , Bahrain - ^ v
Dated, 7th Moharram 1364
December 23, 1944.
H. B. M*s Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ,
Bahrain.
Memorandum:- £/
With reference to your memoranaiim No. C/556
dated 28th March 1944, and my memorandum No.1030-10
dated 25th May 1944. The R.A.F. Officers who recently
visited Bahrain made some enquiries about the payment
by the Bahrain Government to the r .A .f. of the cost of
building the ward in the State Hospital and the ancillary
rooms etc. I informed them that the Bahrain Government
was willing to settle the matter at once by payiug the
cost of the building in a lump sum. * 0 r \
2. In the copy of ^ letter from the Air Officer
Commanding forwarded with your memorandum No. 0/556
it is stated that the amount expended by the R.A.F. on
construction was ho. 14,770/12/- plus the cost of A.C.
T
plant and other stores amounting to Es. 14,622/3/- making
a total of Rs.29,393/-.
3. I should be obliged if the R.A.F. authorities
could be asked to state the price of the A .C. plant,
which the Bahrain Government does not wish to acquire,
and also to give details of the stores which were
issued to the Bahrain Government for the building
in question. At the time when the Service V/ard was
being built the P. /.D. was engaged on works for the
R.A.F. in Moharraq and elsewhere and it may be possible
that some of these stores referred to in the letter

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The file’s contents relate to arrangements during the Second World War for the use of the Bahrain State Hospital by the Royal Air Force (RAF) at Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain (numerous incumbents), the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) and the State Medical Officer in Bahrain. The correspondence and other papers cover matters such as: arrangements for the reassignment of wards for RAF personnel; charges to be made for food, medicine and medical services, including increases to these charges in response to the rising cost of living during the war; expansion of hospital facilities, including installation of air conditioning and the construction of a mortuary, paid for by the Air Ministry, with arrangements for eventual reimbursement by the Bahrain Government. A breakdown of the complete cost per month for the provision of inpatients’ services, dated 19 December 1944 is included in the file (folio 33).

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1 file (41 folios)
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The file is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end. The office notes at the end of the file (folios 40-41) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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Foliation: The main foliation sequence starts on the front cover and ends on the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is present between ff. 2-39; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. A short pagination sequence is present in the index section at the the back of the file between ff. 40-41; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the top left/right corner of each page.

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